German daredevil Dirk Auer goes where no two legs have gone before to set a world record skating a half-mile roller coaster at over 60mph. Wearing special skates conquered The Mammoth at the Trips Drill theme park in Stuttgart in one minute.



He said: "It was very dangerous because of stray nails. But it went to plan. It was a lot of fun. After this some of the sides were so high that at times I was at 90 degrees and so it was very important to have as much traction as possible. Luckily everything went according to plan - it was a lot of fun."


The German built custom-made skates for the stunt and had 16 wheels on each shoe...

Travelling at speeds up to 56mph, Auer skated the entire length of the roller coaster - 860 metres - in just over a minute!

The roller caster is wooden and so unlike rides made from iron and steel there was always a chance of the odd nail or screw that would not be entirely flat...







